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copper

[kop-er] / ˈkɒp ər /














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It is a major exporter of critical minerals and metals such as copper.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The Phoenix area is a major data-center market, home to semiconductor manufacturing and copper mining, a key commodity for the power industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The inconsistent purity of the copper could garble transmissions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Detailed testing is still underway, but the material resembles malachite, a copper-rich mineral that can be processed to produce copper.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

She left a few things inside the hole: a precious box of matches, some glass beads that had come off Aunt Shuvai’s bracelet, some of the copper wire Uncle Kufa used to decorate his snuffboxes.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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